Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered an unexpected role for a well-known cancer-related protein, revealing a new ...

For years, a central debate in tobacco policy has been whether taxing e-cigarettes might unintentionally drive vapers back to ...

Efforts to identify and evaluate next-generation therapeutics for pediatric brain tumors are easily stymied by the quality ...

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's, working with collaborators at University College London and Oak Ridge National ...

New research published in The European Journal of Endocrinology shows that increased total body fat mass and abdominal fat ...

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Drug trials generally involve comparing a treatment with a nonactive, placebo version, an approach called "blinding" because ...

The human immune system is finely tuned to detect and destroy viral threats. But this same defense system can misfire. When ...

A new study examines the role of palmitic acid and oleic acid—among the main fatty acids in the diet—in the development of ...

It's 3am. The room is dark, the house is silent, but your brain is suddenly wide awake. Many people find themselves waking at ...

Giant migrating contractions (GMCs) are powerful waves of colonic movement that propel intestinal contents toward the anus ...

Air pollution is associated with increased migraine activity, according to a study published in Neurology. Both short-term ...